Rabie Ridge | |
Pushpin Map: | South Africa Gauteng#South Africa |
Coordinates: | -26.022°N 28.174°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | South Africa |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Gauteng |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | City of Johannesburg |
Subdivision Type4: | Main Place |
Established Title: | Established |
Established Date: | 1994 |
Leader Title: | Councillor |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 3.33 |
Population Total: | 41204 |
Population As Of: | 2011 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Racial makeup (2011) |
Demographics1 Title1: | Black African |
Demographics1 Info1: | 90.3% |
Demographics1 Title2: | Coloured |
Demographics1 Info2: | 8.8% |
Demographics1 Title3: | Indian/Asian |
Demographics1 Info3: | 0.2% |
Demographics1 Title4: | White |
Demographics1 Info4: | 0.1% |
Demographics1 Title5: | Other |
Demographics1 Info5: | 0.5% |
Demographics Type2: | First languages (2011) |
Demographics2 Title1: | Northern Sotho |
Demographics2 Info1: | 32.0% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Zulu |
Demographics2 Info2: | 16.2% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Tsonga |
Demographics2 Info3: | 9.7% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Afrikaans |
Demographics2 Info4: | 8.9% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Other |
Demographics2 Info5: | 33.1% |
Timezone1: | SAST |
Utc Offset1: | +2 |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code (street) |
Postal Code: | 1632 |
Postal2 Code Type: | PO box |
Postal2 Code: | 1688 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 1685 |
Rabie Ridge is a township near Johannesburg, South Africa. It is located in Region A of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality and is located east of Midrand (adjacent to Tembisa). It is a township formed due to forced removals of the coloured community from Alexandra and is named after Jack Rabie.
Rabie Ridge has a vast majority of people living there which speak different South African languages like Afrikaans, isiZulu, Sesotho and others.